The ninth distillery to be built on Islay, planning consent was approved for Hunter Laing and Co. to build their £8 million Ardnahoe Distillery on a four-ace plot near Port Askaig on Islay in September 2016.

Water sourced from the nearby Ardnahoe Loch will be used to produce a single malt Islay whisky with initial production expected to be around 200,000 litres of alcohol per year.